A mother whose child died aged six from a brain inflammation caused by measles hopes sharing her story will encourage parents to “vaccinate more”.
It comes as the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) warned of measles outbreaks in parts of London.
Gemma Larkman-Jones wants more parents to consider having their children vaccinated sooner.
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Prof Dame Jenny Harries, UKHSA chief executive, warned that measles is spreading among unvaccinated communities, and added that a “national call to action” is needed across the country.
Vaccination rates across the UK have been dropping, but there are particular concerns in parts of the capital as well as in some areas of the West Midlands.
It was the anti-vaxxers fault, not hers. I hope one day she’s able to accept that.
I mean, you can move around the blame all you want, it’s more important to work on fixing the problem.
For example:
It’s not the anti-vaxxers’ fault, it’s the schools’ fault for not educating them well about vaccines and immunity
-> it’s not the schools’ fault, it’s the government’s fault for not funding the educational sector enough
-> it’s not the government’s fault, it’s x party’s fault for cutting taxes
-> it’s not x party’s fault, it’s the voters’ fault for voting them in to the government
etc etc.
She was an anti-vaxxer. She made choices that led to her son’s death.
The article doesn’t make that clear, so I don’t want to accuse her unfairly.